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History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

CITY OF NEENAH. 359
with useful household articles, horses, cows, hogs and sheep, farming utensils and other articles of husbandry necessary to their comfort, to the value of $6,000; and they desire that some suitable device may be stamped upon such articles to preserve them from sale or barter to evil disposed white persons, none of which, nor any other articles with which the United States may at any time furnish them, shall be liable to sale or be disposed of or bargained without permission of the agent, the whole to be under the immediate care of the farmers employed to remain among said Indians, but subject to the general control of the United States Indian agent at Green Bay, acting under the Sec¬ retary of War. The United States will erect a grist and sawmill on Fox river for the benefit of the Menominee Indians and em¬ ploy a good miller, subject to the direction of the agent, whose business it shall be to grind the grain required for the use of the Menominee Indians and saw the lumber necessary for building on their lands, as also to instruct such young men of the Menominee Nation as desire to and conveniently can be in¬ structed in the trade of a miller. The expenses of erecting such mills and a house for the miller to reside in shall not exceed $6,000, and the annual compensation of the miller shall be $600, to continue for ten years. And if the mills so erected by the United States can saw more lumber or grind more grain than is required for the proper use of said Menominee Indians, the pro¬ ceeds of such milling shall be applied to the payment of other expenses occurring in the Green Bay agency under the direction of the Secretary of War.
"In addition to the above provision made for the Menominee Indians, the President of the United States will cause articles of clothing to be distributed among their tribe at Green Bay within six months from the date of this agreement to the amount of $8,000, and flour arid wholesome provisions to the amount of $1,000, to be paid in specie'; the cost of the transportation of the clothing and provisions to be included in the sum expended. There shall also be allowed annually thereafter for the space of twelve successive years to the' Menominee tribe, in such manner and form as the President of the United States shall deem most beneficial and advantageous to the Indians, the sum of $6,000. As a matter of great importance to the Menominees there shall be one or more gun and blacksmith shops erected, to be supplied with a necessary quantity of iron and steel, which, with a shop at Green Bay, shall be kept for the use of the tribe and con-

History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

Title of work

History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

Author

Lawson, Publius V. (Publius Virgilius), 1853-1920

Description

This 1908 history of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the county from the early years of European exploration and settlement. Topics covered include agriculture, educational institutions, Winnebago County residents in the Civil War and Spanish-American War, the legal and medical professions, civic and social organizations, businesses and industries, railroads, newspapers, schools, and churches. Histories of the cities and villages of Oshkosh, Neenah, and Menasha, as are biographical sketches of county residents.

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Chicago

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C.F. Cooper and Company

Publication Date (Original)

1908

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English

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

Author

Lawson, Publius V. (Publius Virgilius), 1853-1920

Publication Date (Original)

1908

Format-Digital

jpeg

Publisher-Electronic

Wisconsin Historical Society

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We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org.

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2008

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CITY OF NEENAH. 359
with useful household articles, horses, cows, hogs and sheep, farming utensils and other articles of husbandry necessary to their comfort, to the value of $6,000; and they desire that some suitable device may be stamped upon such articles to preserve them from sale or barter to evil disposed white persons, none of which, nor any other articles with which the United States may at any time furnish them, shall be liable to sale or be disposed of or bargained without permission of the agent, the whole to be under the immediate care of the farmers employed to remain among said Indians, but subject to the general control of the United States Indian agent at Green Bay, acting under the Sec¬ retary of War. The United States will erect a grist and sawmill on Fox river for the benefit of the Menominee Indians and em¬ ploy a good miller, subject to the direction of the agent, whose business it shall be to grind the grain required for the use of the Menominee Indians and saw the lumber necessary for building on their lands, as also to instruct such young men of the Menominee Nation as desire to and conveniently can be in¬ structed in the trade of a miller. The expenses of erecting such mills and a house for the miller to reside in shall not exceed $6,000, and the annual compensation of the miller shall be $600, to continue for ten years. And if the mills so erected by the United States can saw more lumber or grind more grain than is required for the proper use of said Menominee Indians, the pro¬ ceeds of such milling shall be applied to the payment of other expenses occurring in the Green Bay agency under the direction of the Secretary of War.
"In addition to the above provision made for the Menominee Indians, the President of the United States will cause articles of clothing to be distributed among their tribe at Green Bay within six months from the date of this agreement to the amount of $8,000, and flour arid wholesome provisions to the amount of $1,000, to be paid in specie'; the cost of the transportation of the clothing and provisions to be included in the sum expended. There shall also be allowed annually thereafter for the space of twelve successive years to the' Menominee tribe, in such manner and form as the President of the United States shall deem most beneficial and advantageous to the Indians, the sum of $6,000. As a matter of great importance to the Menominees there shall be one or more gun and blacksmith shops erected, to be supplied with a necessary quantity of iron and steel, which, with a shop at Green Bay, shall be kept for the use of the tribe and con-

Chapter XV. Recollections of William W. Wright, Styled the Father of Oshkosh, and His Wife, Styled the Mother of Oshkosh, of the Earliest Beginnings of Social, Civic and Religious Life in the County and the City of Oshkosh, Having Lived Through the Changes